Charles Alexander Yorke, 8th Earl of Hardwicke (11 November 1869 – 1 February 1936) was a British peer.[1]
The Earl of Hardwicke | |
|---|---|
  | |
| 8th Earl of Hardwicke | |
| Tenure | 13 March 1909 – 1 February 1936 |
| Predecessor | John Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke |
| Successor | Philip Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke |
| Born | Charles Alexander Yorke 11 November 1869 London, England |
| Died | 1 February 1936 (aged 66) Bournemouth, Dorset, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Ellen Russell
(m. 1911; div. 1926)Mary Radley Twist (m. 1930) |
| Issue | Lady Elizabeth Yorke |
| Father | John Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke |
| Mother | Edith Mary Oswald |
Yorke was born in 1869. He succeeded as the 8th Earl of Hardwicke in 1909.[2][3] He had worked as a miner in Australia and America and was a pioneer balloonist.[2][3] During the First World War he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and also a King's Foreign Service Messenger.[2][3]
Lord Hardwicke married Ellen Russell (known as Nellie Russell), a New Zealander, in April 1911.[4][5] They were divorced in 1926 on the grounds of his misconduct and infidelity.[6][7][8] They had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth Mary Yorke, and were the maternal grandparents of Anne Glenconner.[9]
Ellen, Countess of Hardwicke, was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1918 for services to the New Zealand War Contingent Association, and for helping to establish the New Zealand General Hospital in Walton-on-Thames to treat wounded New Zealand soldiers.[10][9][11] She died in 1968.
Lord Hardwicke married his second wife, Mary Radley Twist, in 1930.[2] She died in 1938.[12]
Lord Hardwicke died in February 1936 in Bournemouth.[2] He was succeeded by his nephew Philip G. Yorke.[2][3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 445.
- ^ a b c d e f "Death of a Peer who Worked as a Miner". The Evening Telegraph. 3 February 1936 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d "Lord Hardwicke". Gloucestershire Echo. 3 February 1936 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A Society Wedding". Auckland Star. 28 April 1911. p. 5. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Earl of Hardwicke and Miss Nellie Russell". Leeds Mercury. 28 April 1911. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lady Hardwicke asks for Divorce". Auckland Star. 14 October 1926. p. 8. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Decree Nisi Granted". New Zealand Herald. 24 November 1926. p. 11. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Earl of Hardwicke Decree Nisi Granted to the Countess". Lancashire Evening Post. 22 November 1926. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Glenconner, Anne (2019). Lady in Waiting. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 42. ISBN 1-5293-5907-4. OCLC 1090914753.
- ^ "Remembering the New Zealanders in Walton-on-Thames" (PDF). NZHistory. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "The London Gazette". The Gazette. 4 October 1918. p. 11772. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "The Dowager Countess of Hardwicke". The Times. 23 July 1938. p. 14.
Work cited edit
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 445.
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